The number of smartphone malware infections have increased 33% this year over 2009 figures, according to a survey by network-based security provider AdaptiveMobile.

Antid0te, a tool developed by security researcher Stefan Esser, is expected to provide security protection against worms that attack a jailbroken iPhone.

Cloud security has been something of a hot topic so far this year but, according to Colin Bannister, CA Technologies’ chief technology officer, it will be even more of a hot topic on company agendas as we move into the New Year.

It seems that ATM skimmers – fraudsters who attach magnetic stripe skimming devices to cash machines – have moved up a notch or two in the technology stakes by adding GSM-equipped data modems to their readers.

The Zeus botnet is targeting credit card accounts of major US retailers Macy’s and Nordstrom by injecting a pop-up that asks for personal information to access the card holder’s account, according to Trusteer.

The WikiLeaks attackgeist known as Anonymous has staged distributed denial of service (DDoS) network attacks on more sites, including Moneybookers and the Dutch National Police Service.

Imperva, the web security specialist, has reported that the tool released by the Anonymous Hacker Group for would-be WikiLeaks protesters has been downloaded over 40 000 times, with the majority of downloads occurring in the US.

The WikiLeaks attackgeist known as Anonymous has staged distributed denial of service (DDoS) network attacks on more sites, including Moneybookers and the Dutch National Police Service.

It seems that the cybercriminal gangs behind the malware distribution networks are now tapping into the power of major ad-farming networks on the internet.

Online retailing was disrupted yesterday when Visa and Mastercard were targeted by hackers following the firms’ refusal to process WikiLeaks payments.